Quotes for
Gridley Maule (Character)
from "The Rifleman" (1958)

"The Rifleman: The Sidewinder (#5.16)" (1963)

Gridley Maule: [throws down a gun in front of Mark] Pick it up!
Mark McCain: What for?
Gridley Maule: I can get even with one McCain just as good as another. Pick it up.
Mark McCain: [stalling for time] Where's my pa?
Gridley Maule: [snotty] Drinkin' coffee to settle his nerves... Pick it up or I'll kill you.

Lucas McCain: Gridley Maule junior? You pulled a gun on my son. I don't like that, boy.
Gridley Maule: Well now... you must be Lucas McCain. I come to even up the score for my pa. So let's get outside and get it over with.
Lucas McCain: You got a big advantage in bein' young, son. Don't press it.
Gridley Maule: I ain't pressin' it Mister McCain and don't you consider it neither. You comin' out?
Lucas McCain: You're just a little itchy aren't you?
Gridley Maule: Don't stall me. I come a long way for this.

Gridley Maule: I can shoot now, I can even shoot in the dark. And I mean to pay you back for what you did.
Lucas McCain: Did you know your pa was in the act of robbing a bank?
Gridley Maule: Yeah, I knew he was robbin' a bank.
Lucas McCain: He was running with the money. I just happened by between him and his horse. He took a shot at me. And he would have shot again - there was nothing I could do.
Gridley Maule: It makes no difference. When he was alive he was good to me. Maybe you don't understand McCain but he was my pa!
Lucas McCain: I understand... If I don't swear out the charges, will you promise to go back home and forget about this revenge?
Gridley Maule: [thinks a second] No.
Lucas McCain: All right Micah, I'll swear out the complaint now.
Marshal Micah Torrance: You heard the man, boy. Come on, get up.
Gridley Maule: You keep me in jail, McCain! You go on and send me to Washington! But I'll come back and I'll kill you.

Lou Mallory: Do you like it here in jail Grid?
Gridley Maule: Oh sure, it's just dandy!

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